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Chapter 387 - Do I Need to Explain My Actions to You? (Second Huge Chapter, Moon Ticket)

"Xia Chujian," Seven Lù understood her meaning instantly.

[Seven Lù]: "It's not Eze Star. Eze Star is already far from this area of space."

So, another force has intruded? Xia Chujian frowned, pondering.

While Xia Chujian was communicating with Seven Lù, the Starry Sky Cruiser's pilots began sending her voice messages.

"Captain, this is Port A1. Time's up. Requesting permission to launch."

Four identical messages came from the Cruiser's four consoles.

This was what Xia Chujian had said earlier: the Starry Sky Cruiser would launch into the Asteroid Belt in thirty minutes.

Xia Chujian checked the time. It was already ten minutes past midnight on Sunday.

She calmly issued the command: "Launch."

The Starry Sky Cruiser's eight engines suddenly emitted dazzling white light.

It took less than an eighth of a second to go from stationary to high speed.

...

Above Changliu County, Cangge Star.

The staff in the Interstellar Terminal control room only blinked, and the massive Starry Sky Cruiser had vanished from their radar scans.

In the captain's cabin, Xia Chujian discovered that the Starry Sky Cruiser's top speed could reach 12,000 kilometers per minute.

Undoubtedly, the Starry Sky Cruiser's hull material was many times superior to that of the Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighter.

Otherwise, it couldn't withstand such high speeds.

Ten minutes later, the massive Starry Sky Cruiser entered the Asteroid Belt.

Once inside, Xia Chujian realized that although the Starry Sky Cruiser was huge, it was still just a drop in the ocean within the Asteroid Belt.

Despite the constant impacts from Star Rock Fragments, Small Asteroids, and Comets, the Starry Sky Cruiser's pilots were always able to adjust course in time to avoid collisions.

Their piloting skills are indeed excellent.

Xia Chujian was intrigued, so she activated the eight large virtual display screens, projecting not only the images from the four consoles but also the real-time views of space outside each console.

This allowed for comparison.

The four consoles had their own cabins, with round-the-clock surveillance, and control was in the captain's cabin.

Xia Chujian was very satisfied with this.

She could instantly observe the operations of the four official pilots and compare them with the external real-time views of space, ensuring that the Starry Sky Cruiser was traveling on the correct route.

This is the direction a captain should control.

Xia Chujian mastered the piloting techniques of the Interstellar Cruiser in just thirty minutes.

With the cooperation of Mechanical Intelligence, she felt she could operate the entire Starry Sky Cruiser alone.

After confirming that their piloting was not a problem, Xia Chujian immersed herself in searching for clues again.

Looking at the real-time views of space outside each console, along with the accompanying data, she suddenly noticed an energy eruption in the Cruiser's front left, as if a space volcano had formed.

Xia Chujian couldn't help but ask her Navigator, "What's the energy eruption on the front left?"

She took screenshots of the real-time view of space and the data, sending them to her two Navigators.

The two Navigators quickly replied.

Navigator A1: "Reporting, Captain, that is the location of a nascent Wormhole. According to data monitoring, this Wormhole is not fully developed, so its position is constantly changing."

Navigator A2: "Reporting, Captain, that coordinate is the location of a nascent Wormhole. It has already moved approximately five million kilometers from its initial discovery point."

Xia Chujian: "..."

Inspired, she had an idea: "Can we detect traces of energy bursts in the Asteroid Belt? -- I mean, can we find the trajectory of energy decay?"

Navigator A1: "... Reporting, Captain, theoretically, yes, but in reality, our Cruiser's Mechanical Intelligence does not have the computing power for that, so it is not currently possible."

Xia Chujian thought, as long as it was theoretically possible, it could be done.

She closed the call with the Navigator, and then began to write on the virtual display screen where she had just asked the questions.

"Sixth, locate the last known coordinates of the nearest Interstellar Airship to us, and use these coordinates as the starting point to draw its energy decay trajectory map."

Theoretically, every Warplane and Interstellar Airship in space has its own unique energy trajectory.

Xia Chujian's reasoning was based on the idea that locating the energy decay trajectory of one Interstellar Airship could map out the route of that Starry Sky Fighter, and also find the location where it truly disappeared.

This was completely different from the location where it last sent a signal.

That was the real-time flight path.

Even if it suddenly rushed into a Wormhole, it could provide a clear route to the Wormhole.

This was of course also an instruction sent to Seven Lù.

The Mechanical Intelligence of her Starry Sky Cruiser did not have such computing power; only Seven Lù could do it.

Half an hour later, Seven Lù's handwriting and drawings appeared on her eyepiece display.

[Seven Lù]: Master is truly a genius! According to Master's instructions, Seven Lù has located an Interstellar Airship.

[Seven Lù]: It sent its last positioning signal thirty-three kilometers to the lower left of our Cruiser.

Xia Chujian: "..."

That was indeed very close.

[Seven Lù]: Master, please see its energy decay trajectory.

On Xia Chujian's eyepiece display, a winding gray line appeared, starting from the lower left of the display, going upwards, farther and farther away, and finally stopping at a blue glowing location.

Xia Chujian silently watched Seven Lù type out the distance again.

[Seven Lù]: Five million seven hundred and sixty thousand kilometers from the Cruiser's position.

Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes and continued to write under the previous question.

"Seventh, locate the energy decay trajectory maps of the other nine Interstellar Airships."

It took Seven Lù half an hour to locate the energy decay trajectory map of the first Interstellar Airship.

It only took twenty minutes to locate the energy decay trajectory map of the second Interstellar Airship.

The third one, ten minutes.

The fourth one, five minutes.

...

And so on, it only took seven seconds to locate the position of the last Interstellar Airship.

This was the acceleration of calculation after becoming proficient.

Xia Chujian hooked the corner of her lips.

The entire calculation took only one hour.

Xia Chujian looked at the energy decay trajectory maps of the ten Interstellar Airships, and her heart sank.

It was really strange.

Although these energy decay trajectories came from all directions, they pointed to the same location.

Because on her eyepiece display, the ten winding gray curves converged to the same destination, finally gathering at one point.

The coordinates of that point were about five million kilometers away from her current location in a straight line.

Xia Chujian wrote the last question on the virtual display screen.

"Eighth, measure the energy decay trajectory map of the newborn Wormhole."

This was to measure the route map of the newborn Wormhole in this Asteroid Belt from its birth until now.

Seven Lù only took three seconds to draw it, and explained to her that it was easier to calculate because the energy magnetic field changes of the Wormhole were too obvious.

As Xia Chujian had envisioned, objects with more intense energy bursts were easier to detect energy decay trajectories.

So she asked Seven Lù to detect the Interstellar Airships, not the Starry Sky Fighters piloted by those trainees.

Because in this Asteroid Belt with its fluctuating magnetic fields, the energy fluctuations of those Starry Sky Fighters were insignificant and difficult to detect.

But Interstellar Airships were different.

They were larger, and their energy fluctuations were more intense, making them easier to measure.

Of course, none of them could compare to the energy of a Wormhole eruption.

Therefore, Seven Lù used the fastest time to map the energy decay trajectory of the Wormhole.

Judging from the Wormhole's route map, those Interstellar Airships were heading in the opposite direction of the Wormhole.

What did this mean? Xia Chujian had already made a decision.

Those ten Interstellar Airships did not pass through the Wormhole.

But why they ultimately appeared in the same location was something Xia Chujian didn't know.

There were too many possible reasons, and she didn't want to keep guessing; she wanted to go and see.

Xia Chujian silently sent the coordinates of the location where the ten Interstellar Airships converged to the Navigator.

"Head towards this target."

The two Navigators didn't pay attention at first, directly inputting the coordinates into the Cruiser's autopilot system, and said to Xia Chujian, "Reporting, Captain, full speed ahead, we need eight hours to reach the destination."

Xia Chujian replied, "Approved."

Then the entire Starry Sky Cruiser began to turn its rudder and fly at full power.

Space flight was both exciting and boring, both tense and relaxed.

In fact, as long as the Cruiser's Mechanical Intelligence was up to par, even in the Asteroid Belt, it could achieve autopilot for eighty percent of the time.

And during this time, Xia Chujian had Seven Lù constantly deduce what exactly happened at that coordinate location.

At first, Seven Lù's deductions were absurd and unrealistic.

But an hour later, Seven Lù detected a new energy trajectory.

[Seven Lù]: Master, large Starry Sky ships with the same energy intensity as Starry Sky Cruisers have appeared on this route.

Xia Chujian: "...".

Was it saying that the Military's Starry Sky Cruisers had already gone to rescue them?

Then wouldn't she be doing something unnecessary? She wouldn't get any military merit even if she went…

Xia Chujian curled her lips, but her mood was still much lighter.

At least knowing that someone had already reached the rescue location, she wasn't so anxious.

She was just breathing a sigh of relief, planning to find herself a bottle of Advanced Nutrient Solution to drink, when she saw Seven Lù writing on the eyepiece display again.

[Seven Lù]: …More than one has appeared, but eighteen.

Xia Chujian: "!!!"

How was this possible?! If the Military had dispatched eighteen Starry Sky Cruisers, Huo Yushen wouldn't have said a word to her.

Even if Huo Yushen just didn't have a mouth and couldn't speak, and the Military had indeed sent eighteen Starry Sky Cruisers to the Asteroid Belt, what were they trying to do?

Just as Xia Chujian was muttering to herself, she saw Seven Lù's next message.

[Seven Lù]: The energy decay trajectory is different from that of the Beichen Empire Military's Starry Sky Cruisers, so it shouldn't belong to the Beichen Empire.

The breath Xia Chujian had just released caught in her throat again.

What did it mean that they didn't belong to the Beichen Empire? Could it be Starry Sky Cruisers from other countries? But this was their Beichen Empire's Starry Sky territory! Was it an enemy country lurking…

No, they had come with eighteen of these large Cruisers, how could that be lurking?!

It was already an invasion!

A definite invasion! Xia Chujian became excited, itching to rub her palms together.

Was the opportunity to make a contribution and establish a career coming so soon?! Hadn't Huo Yushen led the fleet to annihilate the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's Interstellar Fleet before?!

She didn't have the entire fleet, but if she only relied on this one Cruiser, she could take down eighteen of the enemy's ships. This military achievement would at least allow her to be promoted from Second Lieutenant to Major immediately?

Maybe even Colonel! But her leader, Meng Guanghui, was only a Colonel.

So it probably wouldn't be Colonel, but Lieutenant Colonel might be something to strive for.

Xia Chujian had already imagined the award ceremony in front of the entire Military in an instant...

However, after the initial excitement, Xia Chujian calmed down and became extremely nervous.

Because it meant that most of the missing trainees from their Flying Base had probably fallen into the hands of the enemy.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain their mysterious disappearance...

So she wasn't going to fight the enemy, but to rescue people from their hands.

This was even more difficult than directly fighting the enemy and annihilating them.

Xia Chujian frowned and began to prepare for battle.

She wasn't so naive as to think that she alone could take down eighteen Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruisers!

So the first thing to do was to check the weapons and ammunition on her ship.

She had been wondering why the Fourth Interstellar Fleet sent these cannon fodder-like Starry Sky Marines just to rescue people...

Now she was glad to have them.

Xia Chujian used her captain's authority to check the ship's weapons and ammunition reserves.

Her heart sank.

This Cruiser only had two hundred Starry Sky Fighters, all Aurora-class.

The weapons were well-prepared, including Space Weapons such as Space Ion Beam Cannons and portable Laser Cannons.

There were also many conventional weapons, such as five hundred Adjudicator No. 2 Sniper Rifles with ten thousand Sniper Bullets.

There were also various types of semi-automatic Submachine Guns and portable Light Machine Guns, with hundreds of millions of bullets in reserve.

These conventional weapons were for landing operations, and of course, for boarding enemy Starships.

Outside the Starship, in space, they would rely on Starry Sky Fighters that could switch between conventional Mecha.

In addition, there was the Punishment 0937 Electromagnetic Cannon that came with the conventional Mecha! The destructive power of this thing was extraordinary! It could be said that any carbon-based lifeform could be hit with a Punishment 0937 Electromagnetic Cannon.

It would guarantee that you would immediately return to dust, dust to dust, earth to earth, with a fragrant aroma, perhaps becoming a famous dish...

Xia Chujian's eyes lit up as she looked at the inventory.

She only had one Starry Sky Cruiser, so she definitely wouldn't directly engage in a space battle with the enemy.

If she really fought a space battle directly, with eighteen enemy ships against her one, she would be surrounded three times over...

In other words, the enemy could launch three rounds of saturated attacks on her from all directions! She couldn't charge head-on...

Xia Chujian muttered to herself, and after checking the weapons and ammunition, she began to check the personnel.

This look was a bit dumbfounding.

Besides the eight Starship pilots, two Navigators, and two Guards, there were only those five hundred Starry Sky Marines.

She was the only professional Warplane pilot! Did they really want her to go into battle alone?

What was the point of fighting then!

Xia Chujian slammed her hand on the desk, the sound so loud that it was transmitted to the intercoms on the four control consoles.

Soon, virtual displays appeared in front of her, each from a control console.

The Starship pilots operating the control consoles were uneasy.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

"Captain, are you okay?"

They happened to see Xia Chujian frowning.

Xia Chujian closed her eyes and asked as calmly as possible, "Didn't your superiors send any pilots to come along?"

Navigator A1 said, "The magnetic field in the Asteroid Belt is very unstable. It's difficult for ordinary Starry Sky Fighter pilots to fly through it, so our Commander didn't send any pilots over."

Xia Chujian was surprised, "How could that be?! Our Flying Base's assessment task is to have everyone pilot a Starry Sky Fighter through the Asteroid Belt!"

Navigator A2 said, "Captain, that's because you're an elite pilot, and that Flying Base is a base for cultivating elite pilots. Apart from you, none of the pilots in our Fourth Interstellar Fleet are qualified to be selected. That's why our Commander didn't send them over to make trouble."

Xia Chujian: "..."

She had forgotten about that.

She tapped her fingers lightly on the desk, thinking quickly.

She had guns and cannons now, but no one to operate them.

If she were the only one on this Cruiser, she would release Seven Lù and let it, as a "one-robot acting in multiple roles," simultaneously control multiple Starry Sky Fighters and take down the enemy with her.

Anyway, they were already in the Asteroid Belt, and all connections to the outside world were lost.

Even if Huo Yushen wanted to monitor her, he couldn't.

But the problem was, she couldn't, and had no way to get rid of the five hundred and twelve people on this Cruiser.

She wasn't ready to expose her secrets in front of so many people.

Could she kill them all to silence them? Of course not! Xia Chujian pondered for a while, then suddenly connected to the hall on the fourth floor where the Starry Sky Marines were located, and said into the communicator, "Please have the five captains of the Starry Sky Marines come to the Captain's office on the third floor within five minutes for an emergency meeting."

Then she turned off the communicator.

The eight pilots and two navigators were in an uproar.

They asked one after another, "Captain, what do you need the Starry Sky Marines for?"

"Captain, they're all ordinary people, not Gene Evolvers! They can't come to the third floor!"

"Captain, they can only fight landing battles, you wouldn't..."

They were worried that Xia Chujian would use these Starry Sky Marines to fight a space battle.

Xia Chujian resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and said in a cold and frosty tone, imitating Huo Yushen, "Do I need to explain my actions to you?"

The others were immediately silenced.

Xia Chujian was overjoyed and couldn't wait to put on a Face Mask that looked like Huo Yushen! ...

Three minutes later, the five captains arrived at Xia Chujian's Captain's office on the third floor and rang the doorbell.

"Come in." Xia Chujian used voice control to open the door to the Captain's office.

Five middle-aged men in Starry Sky Marine uniforms filed in, standing with their hands behind their backs in front of Xia Chujian's desk, and said in unison, "Report, Captain! Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruiser Marine 1st Squad/2nd Squad/3rd Squad/4th Squad/5th Squad Captains, Sun Jiahao/Wang Hu/Li Dali/Wu Shanfeng/Yang Jianchang, reporting for duty!"

This is the second update, still a large chapter, including the bonus update for 2700 Moon Tickets in June.

Although I know that large chapters are less valuable, I couldn't help but post another large chapter, mainly for the Moon Ticket bonus update. I still owe everyone one more bonus update for June's Moon Tickets, and then I'll start paying back the bonus updates for July's Moon Tickets. (ω).

There will be a new update at 0:05 tonight.

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